Wage discrimination amongst maids in Singapore.

• Main Authors: Xu, Darius JunLing., Leong, Daphne Qian Qian.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social stratification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44196
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study investigates the presence of ethnic-based wage discrimination in the labour market of maids in Singapore. It employs the methods and techniques used in previous studies of wage discrimination in other labour markets; the formulation of an earnings function (adapted from the traditional hu...